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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is involved in the resolution of Four Poems?
(a) Divorce.
(b) Separation.
(c) A decision to wed.
(d) Realization.

2. What does Bishop display towards Moore in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
(a) A superior attitude.
(b) Criticism.
(c) A desire to meet her.
(d) Friendship and reverence.

3. What does the poem "Roosters" describe?
(a) People's positive reaction to a rooster crowing.
(b) People's negative reaction to a rooster crowing.
(c) A rooster that crows at midday.
(d) A silent rooster.

4. What does the title character in "Manuelzinho" do?
(a) Feeds his family and pets.
(b) Steals.
(c) Spends money on his father's funeral.
(d) Gets a job.

5. Who is the old man in "At the Fishhouses"?
(a) The poet's father.
(b) The poet's father's friend.
(c) The poet's grandfather's friend.
(d) The poet's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the auntie surprised by the burglar's actions in "The Burglar of Babylon"?

2. What do the poems in Four Poems describe?

3. Where does the old man in "At the Fishhouses" bring his fish?

4. In "Brazil January 1, 1502," how does the poet attempt to view the scenery?

5. What does the viewer see in "View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the tone of "A Cold Spring" in contrast to its subject matter?"

2. What surprise does Bishop reveal in the last line of "Insomnia?"

3. Why does the character in "The Gentleman of Shalott" think half of him would be enough?

4. How does Bishop liken an iceberg to the soul in "The Imaginary Iceberg"?

5. How does the poet frame her journey in "Over 2,000 Illustrations and a Complete Concordance"?

6. Why does Bishop use the structure of building each line upon the last in "Visits to St. Elizabeth's"?

7. In "Electrical Storm," why are the pearls twice described as dead?

8. How does Bishop portray the hermit's loneliness in "Chemin de Fer"?

9. In what form is "The Burglar of Babylon" written? Why does the poet use this form?

10. How does Bishop feel about winter in "The Colder the Air"?

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